Parincea is a commune in

Bacău County Bacău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county there a ...

, located in the

Western Moldavia Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...

region of

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It consists of ten villages: Barna, Mileștii de Jos, Mileștii de Sus, Nănești, Năstăseni, Parincea, Poieni, Satu Nou, Văleni, and Vladnic.

Geography

Parincea has a total area of 65.08 square kilometers. It is situated at , within the Eastern European Time Zone (UTC+2) and observes

Eastern European Summer Time Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes ...

(UTC+3) during daylight saving time.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Romanian census, Parincea had a population of 3,372 residents, of which 1,725 were male and 1,647 were female. The population distribution was as follows: * 0–14 years: 565 individuals * 15–64 years: 2,217 individuals * 65 and above: 590 individuals

Administration

Parincea is administered as a commune within Bacău County. The local government oversees public services, infrastructure, and development projects.

References

{{Authority control Communes in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia